The world is making progress towards ending the loss of mangrove forests, according to this new report by the FAO. Found on the coastlines of 123 countries worldwide, over 20 percent of mangroves are estimated to have been lost globally over the past 40 years, mainly due to both human …
KOLKATA, 30 MAY: With cattle and human corpses floating in water bodies in the wake of cyclone Aila, the threat of skin and water-borne enteric diseases and dysentry are looming large in the Sunderbans. The people living in different blocks of Basanti and Gosaba are apprehending an epidemic as the …
Kolkata: As the cyclone-fuelled tides kept large parts of the mangrove forest inundated amid rising fears about the fate of tigers and prey animals, the forest department launched an emergency assessment survey in the Sunderbans on Wednesday. Forest guard teams and members of the local forest protection committees (FPS) fanned …
New Delhi: Though cyclone Aila has ravaged Sunderbans, it has failed to cut it off completely from the mainland. Phones and a weather warning and climate adaptation system are still functional
Nearly 200 people have been killed by a cyclone that ripped through Bangladesh and eastern India, while millions remained marooned by floodwater or forced to live in shelters. The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 130 following recovery of dozens of bodies Tuesday, newspapers and private television channels …
Calcutta, May 25: At least 300 captive deer were swept away as the cyclone battered the fragile Sunderban mangroves and foresters were worried that there might have been heavy losses to wildlife. The deer washed away by the floodwaters were housed in two government-run breeding centres at Jharkhali and Bakkhali.
A cyclone slammed into parts of Bangladesh and eastern India on Monday, triggering tidal surges and flooding that forced some half a million people from their homes and killed almost three dozen people. Storm officials in coastal Bangladesh moved about 500,000 people to temporary shelters after they left their homes …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Twenty-three persons were killed when a severe cyclonic storm accompanied by heavy rain brought by Cyclone Aila lashed the city and some districts of West Bengal on Monday. The death toll could be higher: reports from the districts were only coming in. Many people were injured. The …
Law enforcing agencies with the cooperation of coast guards have recovered smuggled timbers worth TK 20 lakh and seized two trawlers in a week from Swarupkathi region under Pirojpur district. Swarapkathi police said despite frantic efforts they were unable to stop the smuggling of timbers as influential political groups have …
Incidents of killings by Sundarbans tigers and deaths of man-eating feline are going on around the mangrove forest as for years as the authorities concerned remain indifferent to saving their lives. At least 120 fishermen, woodcutters and honey collectors were killed by the ferocious cats while 16 man-eaters were beaten …
KOLKATA, 18 MAY: The Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management (IESWM) under the state environment department has undertaken a study to measure the rise in sea level in the Sunderbans every year. This, the authorities believe would save some islands in the region from inundation. The study will also …
Raktima Bose KATAMARI (West Bengal): Sudhangsu Betal of this village in the Sunderbans still treasures the pugmarks of the Royal Bengal Tiger that strayed into his home a few months ago. His voice is choked for, the tiger later died in the custody of Forest department officials. For Mr. Betal …
Experts at a workshop yesterday called for expanding government and non-government partnership to build collaboration for protecting the Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans. Joint cooperation among the stakeholders, especially the government and local NGOs, is necessary for conserving tigers to maintain the ecosystem of the world's largest salt-tolerant mangrove …
By Alastair Lawson, BBC News The Irrawaddy dolphin grows to up to 2.5m in length and frequents large rivers, estuaries and freshwater lagoons in south Asia. Conservationists have expressed their amazement that thousands of rare dolphins have been found in Bangladeshi waters when previously they were thought to be endangered …
Keora (Sonnertia appetula) is the main species in the coastal region of Bangladesh. At present this species has no industrial or other application. In this paper, keora has been characterized and evaluated as a pulping raw material.
The study was undertaken to explore, understand and document the livestock and livelihood related social realities and their interlinkages in rural societies of Sundarbans. Four case studies were conducted in 4 purposively selected distinct villages under 4 blocks of Sundarbans. It was found that the rural inhabitants of study villages …
The man-animal conflict in the Sunderbans has touched scores of women tragically, leaving Jelepara a village of 'tiger widows' Trouble Prowling Jelepara village, in the Sunderbans, is known as the Village of Widows, because of the large number of its inhabitants killed by man-eating tigers Locals say on average tigers …
